Indonesian Democratic Party
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Indonesian Democratic Party
Partai Demokrasi Indonesia |
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| Abbreviation | PDI |
| Chairman | (1973–76) Sanusi Harjadinata (1976–81) Sunawar Sukowati (1981–86) (1986–93, 96–98) Megawati Sukarnoputri (1993–96) (1998–2003) |
| Secretary-General | Sabam Sirait (1973–86) Nico Daryanto (1986–93) Alex Litaay (1993–96) Buttu Hutapea (1996–99) |
| Founded | 11 January 1973 |
| Dissolved | 10 January 2003 |
| Merger of |
PNI Murba IPKI Parkindo Catholic Party |
| Succeeded by |
PDIP PPDI |
| Headquarters | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Ideology |
Pancasila Marhaenism and Sukarnoism (since 1990s) |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Colors | Red |
| Ballot number (1977–97) | 3 |
The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) was one of the two state-approved parties during the New Order era of the late 20th-century in Indonesia.
Ten political parties participated in the 1971 legislative elections, a number that President Suharto considered to be too much. Suharto wished that political parties be reduced to just two or three and that the parties should be grouped based on their programs.
The basis for the merger that would result in the birth of PDI was a coalition of the five Nationalist and non-Islamic Parties in the People's Representative Council (DPR) called the Democracy Development Faction. This faction consisted of the Indonesian National Party (PNI), the League of Supporters of Indonesian Independence (IPKI), Murba Party (Partai Murba), the Indonesian Christian Party (Parkindo), Catholic Party (Partai Katolik).
On 10 January 1973, as part of Suharto's program to reduce political parties, these five parties were merged to form PDI.
The PNI, the largest of the PDI's five parties, and the legatee of Sukarno, had its base in East and Central Java. IPKI had been strongly anti-PKI in the Old Order in contrast to the once-leftist Partai Murba. Even more heterogeneous than the United Development Party (PPP), the PDI, with no common ideological link other than the commitment to the Pancasila as its sole principle, was faction-ridden and riven with personality disputes.
This factionalism was displayed in the 1977 Legislative Elections, the first Legislative Elections that PDI participated in. The Party was unable to show a united front and would come third and last in the 1977 Legislative Elections.
The 1977 Legislative Elections would also see a tense political battle between Golkar and PPP. The Government became worried that with PDI struggling to function as a party, Indonesian society would be polarized into a secular camp (Golkar) and an Islamic camp (PPP). To counter this, the Government decided to actively intervene into PDI's affairs and make it into a 3rd Party to prevent the polarization that it feared.
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